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Windscreen

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Cars frontal glass

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Wipers

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To maintain clean the windscreen

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Fruition

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Something become at its best

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Awe

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a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.
“they gazed in awe at the small mountain of diamonds

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Healing

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the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again.

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Holding

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stocks, property, and other financial assets in someone’s possession

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Forgiveness

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he action or process of forgiving or being forgiven.

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Overcome

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succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty).

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Bigotry

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.intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself.

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Grown-ups

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Adult

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Brave

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Valiente

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Steamed

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Vapor

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Crop

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Things that grown to be eaten

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Drought

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Long period without rain

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Cuddle

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Arrunche

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Stroke = caress

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Animal and human. Acariciar

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Idle

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Spend time in doing nothing

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Backed

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Cover the back of an object to support, protect or decorate it

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Skipped

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Move along lightly, stepping from one foot to other with a hop or bounce

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Straight

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To move directly

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Wide

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. _____.

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Staple

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[ for paper. Main food

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Ready-made food

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Ready to the oven

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Take away food

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Para llevar

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Left-overs

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Food that is not eaten

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Celery

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Apio

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Report

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Denunciar

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Prohibit-ban-forbit

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Prohibir

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Ago

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Used to talk about an activity that begun in the past and ended in the past

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Dull

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Bored. Not sharp

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Outages

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Se fue la luz

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Lulled

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As lullaby. Tu put to sleep by rest

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Stunned

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Deprives of consciousness or strength

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Crowds

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Many people

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Will

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Predictions. Decisions made now, offers, promises

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Going to

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General plans. Predictions

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Present continuous tense

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Arrangements

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Present simple

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Facts for the future. Timetables

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Want, would like

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Desires for the future

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Foggy

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Gray clouds

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Overcast

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Dark clouds

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In spite of. Despute

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Followed by a noun or gerund

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Bossy

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fond of giving people orders; domineering

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Selfish

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(of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure

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Spoilt

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Children that are mean

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Egoist

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Big ego in a bad way

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Reliable/dependable

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consistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted

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Gossip

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Chismoso

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Stubborn

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Terco

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Sympathetic =/ empathetic

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feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy =/

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Moody

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(of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness

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Affectionate

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readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness. Loving

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Inherit

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Herencia

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54
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Lend

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Prestar

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Borrow

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Pedir prestado

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Can’t afford

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No poder pagar

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Owe

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Deber

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Dirty

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Filthy

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Small

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Tiny

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Hot

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Boiling

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Happy

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Delighted/thrilled

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Funny

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Hilarious

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Cold

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Freezing

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Run errants

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Diligencias

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mess up

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mishandle a situation

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Stump

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corchar

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grit

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courage, determined

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To be blunt

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Tell the truth in a explicit and rude way

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Bribe

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Give someone a gift or money for obtaining beneficts. Corrupt

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Gist

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general idea of something

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Ladle

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large spoon

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Bare

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without clothes

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Shaggy

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Despeinado

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Buff

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you’re interested and you know a lot about the topic

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Meet vs. know

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first time vs. second and then

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Still

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No movement

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Cherish

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you care of someone else

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Paramount

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More important than everything else

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Summit

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a meeting between heads of government.

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Pinch me

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pellizcame

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Foresight

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Predict the future

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Bottom line

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the most important

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Mindset

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state of mind

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Hype

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Something that attracts. Creating a lot of expectation

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gullible

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es. inocente

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hoax

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a fake report to trick people into believing something. Conspiracy

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fall for

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fall in love. to believe in someone’s trick of joke

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thrive

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grow. develop. prosperar

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bespoke

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custom-made, tailor-made

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on the backburner

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is not the priority

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bio break

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break to go to the bathroom

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stagnant

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estancado

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haste (ei)

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precipitado. Without taking into account the possible factors. Haste makes waste.

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blamestorming

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find the culprit.

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Breadcrumbing

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Breadcrumbing is when you leave little bits of bread for someone. It’s a way of saying when you lead someone on

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At the end of the day

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the final thing that matters|

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Overriden

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To stop an automatic action

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Instill

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gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude, especially a desirable one) in a person’s mind.

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Amid

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onto or in the middle of

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Frantic

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wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.
Frenético

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Ramp down/ramp up

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rampa

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Pay off

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good result

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Tight

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apretado

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allure

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power to atract. Seducir

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High-end

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alta gama

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Harass

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acosar

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Utterly

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Absoluta

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Relied upon

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to depend

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call out

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gritar

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Feasible

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Posible to do

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Embrace

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to accepr with pleasure

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awe

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wonder, respect

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Demeanor

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modo de comportarse

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outwork

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work harder, faster or longer

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Burst

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explotar

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Gloom

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melancólico

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Laid out

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plan the details

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comply

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cumplir

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Oversee

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supervisar

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leg up

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ventaja

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Drip

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goteo

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steady

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constante

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Gawked

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boquiabierto

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Drill|

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taladrar, entrenar

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Toll

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Peaje/númedo de víctimas

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Tide

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Marea

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bottleneck

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cuello de botella

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Overstep

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to go beyond the limit

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Truces

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treguas

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ward off

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alejar

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Over the edge

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al borde

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On the fly

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sobre la marcha

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Lest

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para que no

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Gone through

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to experience

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singling out

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singularizar

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outweigh

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to be greater than

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scouring

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to search carefully

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every other week

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every two weeks

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uphill

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not easy

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frown // Turn that frown upside-down

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disapproval face

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unnerve

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To cause to lose courage or firmness of purpose: “It unnerved him to think that she would be at the supper-table, looking up at him while he spoke with her critical quizzing eyes” (James Joyce).

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Supper-time

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meal after dinner. Late at night

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Cinder

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144
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Besotted

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145
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Sulkiness

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